The first table below looks at the demand for ITSM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Uxbridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITSM over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Uxbridge region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Service Management (ITSM)
Rank 13 7 16
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +9
Contract jobs citing ITSM 7 18 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Uxbridge 6.731% 13.85% 4.587%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.235% 16.67% 6.329%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 15 4
Average daily rate £430 £450 £372
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.44% +20.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £365 £402 £356
10% offered a daily rate of more than £544 £550 £444
UK excluding London average daily rate £393 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
+4.66% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £13.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year
+12.96% -20.58%
All Processes & Methodologies
Uxbridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
85 108 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Uxbridge 81.73% 83.08% 72.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 87 47
Average daily rate £430 £450 £430
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.44% +4.65%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £308 £375 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £570 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £19.00 £12.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
ITSM
London

ITSM
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ITSM across the Uxbridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Uxbridge ITSM Jobs Demand Trend

ITSM
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ITSM across the Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge ITSM Daily Rate Trend

ITSM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ITSM across the Uxbridge region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Uxbridge ITSM Daily Rate Histogram

ITSM
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ITSM across the Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge ITSM Hourly Rate Trend

ITSM
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge region citing ITSM also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited ITSM.

1 14 (100.00%) Service Management
2 13 (92.86%) ITIL
2 13 (92.86%) Service Delivery
3 10 (71.43%) Incident Management
3 10 (71.43%) COBIT
3 10 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 9 (64.29%) Six Sigma
5 4 (28.57%) Problem Management
5 4 (28.57%) Knowledge Management
6 3 (21.43%) CMDB
6 3 (21.43%) Operations Management
6 3 (21.43%) CMS
6 3 (21.43%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (21.43%) ITIL V3
6 3 (21.43%) Remedy
6 3 (21.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (21.43%) Change Management
6 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
6 3 (21.43%) Legal
7 2 (14.29%) TOGAF
7 2 (14.29%) Process Management
7 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (14.29%) C
7 2 (14.29%) Programme Management
8 1 (7.143%) Capacity Management
8 1 (7.143%) Validation
8 1 (7.143%) Finance

ITSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge region citing ITSM also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited ITSM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) CMS
Business Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Remedy ITSM
General
1 3 (21.43%) Legal
2 1 (7.143%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Head of Operations
2 3 (21.43%) Compliance Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Problem Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Incident Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Service Management Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Management Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Strategy Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Service Management
2 13 (92.86%) ITIL
2 13 (92.86%) Service Delivery
3 10 (71.43%) Incident Management
4 9 (64.29%) Six Sigma
5 4 (28.57%) Problem Management
5 4 (28.57%) Knowledge Management
6 3 (21.43%) ITIL V3
6 3 (21.43%) Operations Management
6 3 (21.43%) Change Management
6 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
7 2 (14.29%) Process Management
7 2 (14.29%) Programme Management
7 2 (14.29%) TOGAF
7 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (7.143%) Capacity Management
8 1 (7.143%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (71.43%) COBIT
1 10 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 3 (21.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Remedy
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